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Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek.

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: PAX Australia plays its cards right [SMH] MyRepublic wants you to lobby for a better NBN, launches unlimited gamer plans [CNET Australia] Foxtel launches fibre-to-the-premises NBN service [ZDNet] Amazon Shopping Is Coming To ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Samsung sets up exchange booths at airports to prevent the Note 7 from blowing up planes [The Next Web] Australian tech guru Leslie Nassar killed in hit-and-run [ABC News] Leslie Nassar [GoFundMe] ‘Tinder murder’ trial almos ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Pauline Hanson receives seat on NBN committee [ZDNet] Census meltdown played out in new FOI documents [SMH] MPs warned smartphone app messages could be released under FOI laws [ABC News] Telstra’s fight to keep mobile networ ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Yahoo Reportedly Spied on Millions of Users’ Emails for the Government [Vice] High-speed travel is coming… fast [The Australian] Would you get behind the wheel of Australia’s first self-driving car? [ABC News] Bureau of Mete ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: At Chobani, Now It’s Not Just the Yogurt That’s Rich [The New York Times] NBN Co dumps Optus HFC for FTTdp [iTnews] South Australia blackout: entire state left without power after storms [The Guardian] Telcos grapple with st ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Ban on excessive credit card surcharging begins for large merchants [The Age] Target pulls ‘sexist’ girls’ shirt from stores [The Age] Telstra is preparing for the shutdown of their 2G network offering customers a new 3G pho ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Blendle’s Micropayments Model Will Test Whether You’ll Really Pay A Few Cents for News [Wired] Readability Is the Middleman Nobody Needs [ReadWrite] Victorians face ‘trip tax’ to compensate taxi drivers as government prepare ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Uber legal in Queensland from September 5, Premier announces on Facebook [Brisbane Times] The fallout from Australia’s spectacular census failure will be felt for years [Business Insider Australia] Govt could chase IBM for d ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Australia’s banks want to force Apple to open up NFC [iTnews] Nick Xenophon calls for curbs on teen gambling in eSports video games [The Age] ABS forced to defend Census website security [iTnews] Uber is selling its China bu ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: This Crazy Ghostbusters Scene May Have Cost Over a Million Dollars [io9] Brighton Grammar expels students who created vile Instagram account [The Age] School children charged with sexting offences [The Age] Delimiter editor ...…

Phil Edwards and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Special Guest: Mark Macdowell. Show Notes: Secure Messaging Scorecard [EFF] Telstra wants to re-brand as a tech company [Business Insider Australia] Vaya updates their data plans, now with a monster 30GB for $65 – now that should get you catching a ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: ‘Mind-blowingly awesome’ Telstra phishing scam detected [CIO Australia] Customers slugged a ‘Telstra tax’ of up to 92 per cent despite ongoing network troubles [The Age] Vodafone Is Showing Off Its Network By Broadcasting A ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: 5 Melbourne Podcasts You Need To Be Listening To [Triple M] IBM announces national cybersecurity facility in Canberra [Delimiter] Telstra announces network investment after months of issues for customers [EFTM] Telstra outag ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Who the hell are all these people on the Victorian Senate ballot paper? [Decryption Rants Here] ‘Short-sighted, expensive and backward looking’: ex-NBN boss blasts Turnbull’s plan [The Age] $110 for 15GB: Regional Australian ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Telstra is fastest, but a big surprise for Vodafone coverage [The Age] Samsung Pay just launched in Australia [Business Insider Australia] Etihad Stadium takes fan experience to the next level with Smart Seats [Tech Guide] W ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Web chaos mostly over after Amazon Web Services hit by power outage during Sydney storm [The Age] Telstra’s ‘prolific inventor’ was no doctor [The Age] ATO kills off e-Tax [News.com.au] Labor to ‘deliver fibre-based broadban ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Finalists announced for 14th annual MasterCard IT Journalism Awards [Influencing] ‘Boaty McBoatface’ polar ship named after Attenborough [BBC News] There’s now a petition to have David Attenborough re-named ‘Boaty McBoatface ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Consumers should be able to bypass geoblocking: Government agency [ABC News] NBN Sky Muster satellite service goes live [The Age] Competition to name icebreaker will ‘avoid Boaty McBoatface situation’, minister says [ABC New ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Boaty McBoatface Has Won The Boat-Naming Contest, But Organisers Are Already Backing Out [Junkee] Racehorse named Horsey McHorseface in Boaty McBoatface homage [BBC News] Telstra hit by customer backlash over marriage equali ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Microsoft’s Tay AI bot returns to Twitter, immediately goes off the rails again [The Age] Telstra’s free data day didn’t turn out that well [The Age] Telstra Customers Downloaded 2686 TB Of Data Yesterday [Gizmodo Australia] ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Hulk Hogan awarded another $25M from Gawker and its founder [The Verge] Melbourne’s public transport routes are finally on Google Maps [Mashable] Telstra suffers another outage [CRN] Vodafone offers free month for customers ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Show Notes: How Foxtel Killed Yournet: The ISP With Inbuilt US Netflix [Lifehacker Australia] Nationwide outage hits Telstra’s mobile network [iTnews] Dick Smith brand to be resurrected by Kogan [The Age] Can Dick Smith take out one mor ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Malware hijacks big four Australian banks' apps, steals two-factor SMS codes [The Canberra Times] Hackers could be reading your social media profile to lure you into a scam [SMH] Square's card reader coming to Apple, Officew ...…

Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Special Guest: Anthony Agius. Show Notes: Dick Smith receiver puts customer databases up for sale [iTnews] Former ABC tech editor Nick Ross appointed editor of IDG’s PC World and Good Gear Guide [mUmBRELLA] Telstra outage affected 490,000 pre-paid cu ...…

Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Special Guest: Mark Macdowell. Show Notes: Dick Smith to shut down for good [iTnews] Flight Centre throws Dick Smith employees a lifeline with fast-tracked job offers [SmartCompany] GoCatch Announces Australian Uber Rival: GoCar, Says No To Surge Pri ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Twitter has a new timeline for you -- if you want it [CNET] ACCC to pursue Apple for bricking iPhones [CRN] Telstra outage: manager connecting customers to faulty node in 'embarrassing error' [SMH] Telstra gave users a free ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week’s look at all things Geek. Special Guest: Mark Macdowell. Show Notes: Popular YouTubers Stop Trying To Trademark ‘Reacts,’ Apologise [Kotaku] Volkswagen to offer generous compensation for U.S. customers [Reuters] Centrelink investigators nab welfare cheats via so ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: 'Phuc Dat' faked it: the man with awkward name turns out to be a hoax [The Age] Five-year-old named Isis rejected for personalised jar of Nutella [SMH] ACCC Is Cracking Down On Drip Pricing From Travel And Entertainment Webs ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Grubb & Wu join Media & Capital Partners in Melbourne [Influencing] Trevor Long leaves SBS to go it alone [Influencing] Harry Tucker switches gears to Business Insider [Influencing] Uber Set To Be Legalised In NSW [Gizmodo A ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Kogan re-enters telco space with Vodafone [CRN] NBN spent $14m on 1800km of new copper for FTTN [iTnews] Microsoft’s first Aussie Flagship Store opening soon - 12 November! [iTWire] YouTube's video free-for-all is about to s ...…

Phil Edwards, Andy Blume and Daniel Olivares are back in the studio with this week's look at all things Geek. Show Notes: Eleventh hour reprieve for IceTV guide [TV Tonight] Melbourne’s city loop trains get mobile coverage [iTnews] The numbers that show how Telstra, Optus, Vodafone have improved [SMH] Telstra TV streaming device launches [ZDNet ...…

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